Personally, I have gone the other way, close to agnostic I suppose.
puffthedragon
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How many ex-jws poster here now believe in Hellfire, immortality of soul, trinity, etc;
by booker-t ini am just curious about this because although i agree with many of the posters here that the wt society is guilty of many horrible deeds, i still believe they are right when it comes to doctrinal things as i mention.
especially hellfire.
i just don't see how anybody that has studied the bible for many years like many of the ex-jws here can make an about face and go back to believing hellfire.
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Whats up?
by Iamallcool inwe can talk about anything but please do not get this thread locked.
thanks!
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puffthedragon
Does anyone else watch the show Workaholics?
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quick build fun
by outsmartthesystem inhow many of you have ever worked on a quick build?
here's a good one.
i am a professional pencil pusher by nature.....but many years ago i decided i would volunteer at quick builds so i could help "build a house for jehovah".
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puffthedragon
I used to like doing overnight security at the lot beore the hall was actually built. They had a trailer set up for us and it was supposed to be 2 brothers but lots of times some cancelled. At least I had that flashlight with dead batteries. We would play cards and sometimes watch movies on a laptop. Once when my partner cancelled I had my girlfriend bring me dinner, that was nice, she stayed awhile and we had lots of fun with GASP -no chaperone! Can't imagine the fallout if anyone had shown up, witnesses love to assume the worst.
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Anyone use Twitter?
by Megachusen inafter a few years i've decided to try to get back into twitter and now i'm trying to build up a list of interesting ex-witnesses to follow.
so if you're an active twitter-er please post your username .
here's mine if you're interested in adding: @robb_knotts.
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puffthedragon
is this a trap?
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Beards
by ThomasK9 ini've been involved with the witnessess since 1976. my ex-wife was a baptised sister who fell in with the wrong crowd and left the fruth when she should have been disfellowshipped.
thats another story.
after returning home in 1980 from working in the u.s. navy, i contacked her parents and in 1982 started studying for ernest.
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puffthedragon
mynameislame-
I know several JWs with tattoos but they are in places very few people would see them if you know what i mean. Also dated a JW girl with a few, ahem, piercings that most people will never see also.
Don't ask me how I got this information. ;)
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Watchtower Ruins a Wedding
by Marvin Shilmer inwatchtower ruins a wedding .
today i added a new article to my blog addressing the sad consequence to individuals lives the result of watchtowers infantile doctrinal policy making.
its the story of a man (and a woman) disfellowshipped for something watchtower later on decided was not immoral.
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puffthedragon
Thanks Marvin, well put.
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When there are hundreds of thousands of toys in the market, why buy your your child the magic toy
by Mr Facts inwhen there are hundreds of thousands of toys in the market, why buy your child the magical toy?..
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puffthedragon
Whats a magic toy? Transformers? Star Wars? Mickey Mouse? BB Gun?
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Woman jumps into pool during Long Beach DC!
by puffthedragon inhttp://youtu.be/dht3cedgg6e.
watch the right hand side of the screen.. .
i am trying to imbed it but can't make it work.
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puffthedragon
Watch the right hand side of the screen.
I am trying to imbed it but can't make it work. Its worth watching though, its funny!
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NEWS-JW Wife Stabbed in Kingdom Hall
by Refriedtruth infox carolina 21deputies: wife stabbed by husband at church.
whns greenville-9 minutes agogreenville county deputies said they were called to kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses at 1400 old spartanburg rd.
about 2:15 p.m. where they found ...http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/18848997/deputies-wife-stabbed-by-husband-at-church.
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puffthedragon
She was at Pioneer School.
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feeling guilty
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i have come a long way during this last year.
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puffthedragon
lostinthought, the guilt is tough to get past but it will soon pass. I used to think about what part of the meeting was going on when I wasnt there, and I used to feel bad if I ran into JWs at a store or restaurant after a meeting when I missed it. It got so bad for a while that I avoided going out on meeting nights or Sunday afternoon because I didn't want to deal with the guilt. Even my best friend, who had been df'd and reinstated and was still sleeping with her worldy boyfriend guilt tripped me about meetings and service. But after a while it goes away.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE FRIENDS! It is tough, it is weird if you grew up in the truth developing relationships that arent based on field service but it will happen. I have made awesome friends that I love and they support me. Some of them know about my JW past and some don't. I have avoided being df'd but I feel it is only a matter of time. For now, my parents still love me and support me, very little pressure about JW stuff anymore. If my mother wants to invite me to a meeting, she will just text me to avoid the awkwardness. Even if we just spent 10 minutes on the phone she will still just text me about the meetings. My dad is an elder and he doesn't push either which amazes me. My sister is the only one who is vocal anymore, she goes between shunning me and love-bombing me, lately its been more of the shunning which hurts deeply but I can't control her, I sadly had to replace her. I have two girls that are close as sisters to me (I'm a guy) and that helps me a lot.
It gets better.